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Pope Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting those serving time in a Rome prison. Despite recovering from a bout of pneumonia, Francis met with dozens of inmates at Regina Coeli prison as he kept an Easter season appointment among the less fortunate.  Francis offered words of encouragement and gifted inmates with …

Israeli troops will not leave the buffer zones in Gaza, even after the war ends, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.  On Wednesday, Hamas appeared to reject an Israeli-proposed ceasefire deal that would see the return of nearly a dozen hostages who have been held captive for more than …

A massive island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as residents were looking ahead to the Easter weekend.  A spokesman for Luma Energy, which oversees the transmission and distribution of power for the U.S. territory, told The Associated Press that all 1.4 million customers were affected, including the main international …

A doctor in Berlin has been charged with murder over the deaths of 15 patients under palliative care, prosecutors said Wednesday. He is also accused of trying to cover up the evidence by starting fires in their homes. The doctor was part of a nursing service’s end-of-life care team and …

A former Albanian ambassador to the U.S. says the country’s upcoming election will be more like a runoff between the policies of President Trump and George and Alex Soros as opposition parties call foul over corruption by the ruling socialists.  “Albania is now effectively a one-party system pretending to hold …

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, a move that now excludes transgender women from the legal definition of a woman. Trans women can be excluded from some single-sex spaces and groups under the U.K. Equality Act, the five …

A Russia-linked hacking group unleashed a new “advanced phishing campaign” targeting European diplomats with invites to fake wine tasting events, according to a report.  Check Point Research said the APT29 group is trying to “impersonate a major European Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send out invitations to wine tasting events, …

Authorities in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa rescued a kidnapped American pastor during a deadly shootout on Tuesday at a house in KwaMagxaki, Gqeberha. The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) released a statement announcing that an operation led by the agency “resulted in the successful rescue” of …

Hamas appears to have rejected Israel’s latest attempt to secure a ceasefire and the return of nearly a dozen hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip for 556 days. The terrorist organization has yet to issue a formal response regarding its rejection of Israel’s ceasefire proposal, but according …

A Russian general who criticized the nation’s Ministry of Defense may soon be reinstated to the front lines of the war in Ukraine this week, according to a report from CNN. General Major Ivan Popov once commanded Russia’s 58th Army before being sidelined, accused of fraud, and detained after blasting …